Duran Duran's two founders are releasing a compilation that pays homage to the band's influences

Glam popsters revisit the music that influenced them in 18-track Only After Dark, set for a May 1 release in the UK.

A quarter century after first crashing sales charts worldwide, Duran Duran's two founders are releasing a compilation that pays homage to the band's influences.

Keyboardist Nick Rhodes and bassist John Taylor have compiled Only After Dark (EMI)--18 tracks of the glam rock, post-punk, and electronic music that helped develop the group's early sound.

As regulars at the now-defunct Rum Runner club in their English hometown of Birmingham, the duo were regularly exposed to a cross-section of music from the likes of David Bowie, Kraftwerk, and Ultravox--all featured on the album.

"As we were developing our own sound, this was the backdrop," Rhodes says. "Everything was at a crossroads. Everything was in flux."

Coming out May 1 in the United Kingdom, the album's art incorporates images from photographer Paul Edmond's new book Duran Duran Unseen (Reynolds & Hearn), which chronicles the 1979-82 Birmingham scene.